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PAO British Periodicals Collection I
Author: The New sporting magazine
Author: Sport for Development and Peace
Author: Simon DarnellPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1849663440
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Sport and International Development offers a critical sociological analysis of the emerging Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) movement. The book addresses a gap in the literature by focusing on the social and political implications of sport on development. It is a timely and important addition to the series.
Communication and Sport
Author: Andrew C. BillingsPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 148332401X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Second Edition of Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field offers the most comprehensive and diverse approach to the study of communication and sport available at the undergraduate level. Newly expanded to incorporate the latest topics and perspectives in the field, the New Edition examines a wide array of topics to help readers understand important issues such as sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations from both micro- and macro- perspectives. Everything from youth to amateur to professional sports is addressed in terms of mythology, community, and identity; issues such as fan cultures, racial identity and gender in sports media, politics and nationality in sports, and sports and religion are explored in depth, and provide useful, applied insight for readers. Practical and relevant, epistemologically diverse, and theoretically grounded, the Second Edition of Billings, Butterworth, and Turman’s text keeps readers on the cutting-edge.
A Companion to Sport
Author: David L. AndrewsPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405191600
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture Includes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itself Offers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution Explores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics
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Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Handbook of Sports Studies
Author: Jay CoakleyPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446265056
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 609
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Now available in paperback, this vital handbook marks the development of sports studies as a major new discipline within the social sciences. Edited by the leading sociologist of sport, Eric Dunning, and Jay Coakley, author of the best selling textbook on sport in the USA, it both reflects and richly endorses this new found status. Key aspects of the Handbook include: an inventory of the principal achievements in the field; a guide to the chief conflicts and difficulties in the theory and research process; a rallying point for researchers who are established or new to the field, which sets the agenda for future developments; a resource book for teachers who wish to establish new curricula and develop courses and programmes in the area of sports studies. With an international and inter-disciplinary team of contributors the Handbook of Sports Studies is comprehensive in scope, relevant in content and far-reaching in its discussion of future prospect.
The Comprehensive Guide to Careers in Sports
Author: Glenn M. WongPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449602037
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
"Provides an overview of what students should consider and expect from the varied career options available to them in the sports industry. This book answers the questions students are most likely to have, including what courses they should take, the areas of study available to them, the salary they can expect to earn after graduation, and how they can get the job of their dreams. This essential guide will help increase sutdents' likelihood of finding careers in the highly competitve sports industry."--
Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper
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Category : Times (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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